Fuerteventura, Matas Blancas: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cerastodema edule
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella ferruginea
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus viverratus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus papilionaceus
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Conus testudinarius
Martini 1773
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| recombined as Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex saxatilis
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Thais haemastoma
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Stramonita haemostoma | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Harpa rosea
Lamarck 1816
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| replaced by Harpa doris | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bubonius
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Charonia nodifera
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Cymatium parthenopaeum
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus gaederopus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys corallinoides
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cerastoderma edule
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Acanthocardia tuberculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Cardium tuberculatum | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus verrucosa
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Linga columbella
(Lamarck 1818)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea radians
(Pallas 1766)
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Canary Islands |
| Coordinates: | 28.2° North, 14.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.1° North, 14.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 112 to 106 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: U/Th age: 112-106 ka, MIS 5c | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: biodetrital calcareous sandstone | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92710 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, J. Sessa | Enterer: | U. Merkel, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-25 05:04:10 | Last modified: | 2010-03-22 03:14:59 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-11-25 05:04:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31244. | J. Meco, N. Petit-Maire, and J. L. Reyss. 1992. Le Courant de Canaries pendant le stade isotopique 5, d'apres la composition faunistique d'un haut niveau marin a Fuerteventura (28°N)[The Canary Islands Stream during isotopic stage 5, as implied by the fauna of a marine terrace at Fuerteventura (28°N)]. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, serie 2 314:203-208 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 41928 | J. Meco. 1982. Los Bivalvos fosiles de las Canarias orientale. Anuario de estudios atlánticos 28:65-125 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |